Attracting Skilled Staff with Benefits

A benefits package plays a crucial part of attracting and retaining great staff. There are skills and labour shortages in the construction sector and these shortages are for both professionals, such as project managers and quantity surveyors…

Protecting Retirement Savings and Investments

This month, we posted an article on the CIF website outlining the lessons learned from previous financial uncertainties. You can read the full article on the CIF website here. 

Life Cover and Covid-19

The last few months have been a stressful time for humanity. The mental load of worries and concerns arising from Covid-19 are many and varied. Humans are resilient and while we adjust to our new ways of working, shopping and restricted travel,…

Financial Guidance During a Crisis

During this Covid -19 pandemic, one thing is certain and that is that nothing is certain and stock markets do not like uncertainty. Over the last few weeks, we have witnessed the shortest sharpest shock to the stock market in history. World…

Planning for your retirement?

We mean two things when we talk about planning for retirement.  The first plan is to set up a pension scheme, either a personal pension or participation in your employer sponsored occupational pension scheme.  Then you will need to regularly…

Protect your finances - save for the future!

In October this year, the Construction Industry Federation (CIF), ran another successful Safety Week. This week each year serves as a reminder about the health and safety of everyone involved in Construction.  The message is ultimately about…

Is Life Cover Important?

Mortgage Protection Versus Life Cover I frequently get asked this by clients and friends alike…they go on to say “I have mortgage protection anyway, sure that’s the same thing right?” Yes, and No. Mortgage Protection is indeed Life…

Increasing the Age of Retirement in Ireland

The State Pension has been in the news a lot in the last week. With all the news circulating, it’s fair to ask what is actually happening. In this post, we look at what is going on with the State Pension. From 2021, the age at which a person…

The Benefits of reading your benefit statement

If you have a pension plan do you read and understand your annual benefit statement? It's vital to review it as this could unlock some benefits to help your finances. In Milestone Advisory, I spend the majority of my time with clients who…